Veiled Mysteries of Egypt and the Religion of IslamC. Scribner's Sons, 1913 - 411 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 246 - Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds ! the Compassionate, the Merciful ! King on the day of reckoning ! Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help. Guide Thou us on the straight path : the path of those to whom Thou hast been gracious : with whom Thou art not angry, and who go not astray.
الصفحة 389 - ... he was the most faithful protector of those he protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in conversation ; those who saw him were suddenly filled with reverence, those who came near him loved him, they who described him would say, "I have never seen his like either before or after.
الصفحة 337 - He frowned," and runs thus : — "The Prophet frowned, and turned aside, Because the blind man came to him. And how knowest thou whether he might not have been cleansed from his sins. Or whether he might have been admonished, and profited thereby ? As for the man that is rich, Him thou receivest graciously ; And thou carest not that he is not cleansed. But as for him that cometh unto thee earnestly seeking his salvation. And trembling anxiously, him dost thou neglect. By no means shouldst thou act...
الصفحة 264 - God is the Light of the Heavens and of the Earth. His light is like a niche in which is a lamp — the lamp encased in glass — the glass, as it were, a glistening star. From a blessed tree is it lighted, the olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would well nigh shine out, even though fire touched it not! It is light upon light.
الصفحة 134 - It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces in prayer towards the East and the West, but righteousness is of Him who believeth in God, and the last day, and the angels, and the scriptures, and the Prophets...
الصفحة 274 - O Lord! I supplicate Thee for firmness in faith, and direction towards rectitude; and to assist me in being grateful to Thee; and in adoring Thee in every good way; and I supplicate Thee for an innocent heart, which shall not incline to wickedness; and I supplicate Thee for a true tongue; and for that virtue which Thou knowest...
الصفحة 88 - The world was given us for our own edification, Not for the purpose of raising sumptuous buildings ; Life, for the discharge of moral and religious duties, Not for pleasurable indulgence ; Wealth, to be liberally bestowed, Not avariciously hoarded ; And learning, to produce good actions, Not empty disputes.
الصفحة 313 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
الصفحة 316 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
الصفحة 280 - That these expressions may be the better understood, al Ghazali reckons four degrees of purification ; of which the first is, the cleansing of the body from all pollution, filth, and excrements; the second, the cleansing of the members of the body from all wickedness and unjust actions; the third, the cleansing of the heart from all blameable inclinations, and odious vices; and the fourth, the purging...